Smart and Optimized Flour Kneading Machine

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Project Title

Smart and Optimized Flour Kneading Machine

Project Area of Specialization

Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Project Summary

The world has become the global village and the things which are being carried out are smart and according to the new technology. Everything is just a click away now a days. So, by observing the real time problems related projects we came to know about the project that is Flour Kneading Machine. Flour kneading machine is used for the formation of dough. Quality of dough depends upon kneading process. The conventional process of kneading is by hand which is physically exhausting, messier and time demanding {Unhygienic} 

• Layman cannot knead the flour.
• Machines are also available, but they are very much expensive.
• The power consumption is much higher.
• Time is required for the dough to settle after kneading

The project idea is to upgrade the existing kneading process to better machine mechanism.

We automated and optimized the process of dough kneading by making the exact amount of dough required by the user through our Smart and Optimized Flour Kneading Machine.  Dough was accordance with the number of roti’s required thus the need for storing extra dough was also eliminated. The components used in making this dough kneader were those that were cheaper and can easily be found locally in the market. In addition, the machine was made as simple as feasible and which can readily be produced with available present day intermediate technology. The design was also reduced to the barest minimum number of moving parts to reduce cost of parts replacement and eventually low maintenance cost.

Project Objectives

This project is being to solve the different problems that are observed. Basically to change the hand dough kneading system with a lot of ups and downs to mechanized machinery.

The world is only a click away, and the goal is to turn the machine into smart equipment that can solve manual difficulties. The major goal of this project is to design a kneading machine that reduces kneading time and makes the process more sanitary as compared to kneading by hand.

Upgrade to a better machine mechanism for the present kneading operation.

Because there are a set quantity of chapattis in this package, there is no flour waste. This machine will be used to mix enormous amounts of flour together.The flow of water and flour is also assisted by gravity, thus no additional engine is required.

The machine will have some plausible benefits like having the mobile interface making it a smart machine which could control the number of chapatti, the device will be automatic and can be operated remotely.

Project Implementation Method

Flour + Water + Air + Energy (work) ? Dough

The working of this device depends upon various mechanisms used. These mechanisms and their working in the sequence of operation are listed below.

Mechanism for flour

This figure is used for the illustraion However, actually it is being done by camshaft.

The mechanism designed for pouring an adequate amount of flour in the assembly includes a servo motor connected
via a linkage to a camsfhaft (worm). The camshaft (worm) which is below the feeder allows to the flour to fall into the main chamber. Once the input regarding the number of r has been fed into the system via the keypad the servp motor is made to rotate by a predefined angle by a signal given by the microcontroller. This rotation causes the worm to move for a timed value thus letting flour for one roti to fall into kneading container this completes the job of the flour mechanism.

Mechanism for water

Once the amount of flour required for a single chapatti has been fed into the kneading container, the water mechanism comes into play. Here essentially, we use a d.c. pump that pumps water from the storage container into the kneading dough. the dc pump is operated for a time that is pre-calculated by trial and error to ensure an adequate supply of water to the kneading dough.

Mechanism for kneading the dough

With the adequate amount of flour and water in the container, it now becomes possible to knead the dough. To do so a dc motor is used this dc motor has its shaft connected to a blade. The blade is made to rotate at a moderate speed in order to ensure proper kneading and binding of the dough. Once the motor has been rotated for a fixed time the kneading process comes to an end.

When the specific command will be given through the app the machine will start mixing the flour and water. Specific time will be taken an the dough will be ready.

Benefits of the Project

The machine will be having following advantages.

• This product overcomes the problem of  flour wastage by providing two different sections for water and dough after the user gets his specified number of chapattis the remaining flour remains into the containers.
• Hence, the dough kneader will has a mechanized system for proportion control using the input mechanisms to control the proportions of the two.
• It also takes the help of gravity for the flow of water and flour, so we do not need any extra motor to make the flour and water fall into the container thus reducing the power requirement.
• It will minimize the consumption of power, This machine will be used for mixing large quantity of flour, water and yeast in short interval of time and to increase the quantity and quality of dough, water consumption and enhance production capacity.
• It will be used for non-governmental organizations, governmental organizations, public service suppliers large industries, hotels and households for various purposes.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

The complete dough maker for domestic use will be able to meet various goals of the project which are as follows:

• Automate the process of dough kneading entirely i.e no human intervention.
• Optimize the dough kneading process by producing the exact amount of dough required by the user. Interface will be in the form of Roti's required by the user.
• Will be Highly efficient due to low power consumption devices used, since gravity fall will be implemented in this.
• Low cost as the devices used are cheap.
• The proposed flour kneading machine will be controlled by using mobile application

Final Deliverable of the Project

HW/SW integrated system

Core Industry

Food

Other Industries

IT

Core Technology

Internet of Things (IoT)

Other Technologies

Sustainable Development Goals

Good Health and Well-Being for People

Required Resources

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